[20230805151757_714A8263~2] I’ve seen Mourning Doves try to build a nest on this downspout for about a month. I can’t believe that there are now 2 chick in this tiny nest. Does the male and female Mourning Dove takes turn caring for the chicks? Just wondering how that works when there is so lit…

Doves are notoriously terrible at building nests. They just… put a couple sticks down and let it ride

that location seems normal for doves, as far as i know. as i understand it, brood size for doves is always 2 because the parents can produce only enough milk for 2 chicks. both parents feed the chicks, but i think only the female will sit on the eggs. she selects the location, and he brings her the …

That’s cool! I didn’t know that they produce milk.

We have a Brachylaena discolor outside our window. It has LONG whippy branches, a little tangled. We have lots of wind. Take two crossing branches. Put a little stick there. Come back with the second stick … and the first one is down … Eventually they are forced to choose a tangle that holds steady…

They do make terrible nests. I recall doing a nest survey one summer and was able to confirm eggs and count them from underneath a mourning dove nest … that’s how flimsy it was.

I spent a significant amount of time this spring panicking every time I saw the female of the mourning dove pair that hangs around sitting on my car windshield, because I was CONVINCED the dum dum was gonna try to build a nest there. (Thankfully, the dum dum didn’t.)

Honestly? your doves didn’t do so bad compared to, uh. Many others. Just gonna leave this link here.

Right? Like, thats actually a proper nest, not three sticks a candybar wrapper and a prayer

Weird nesting location for Mourning Doves

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